Brother John
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Initial release | March 24, 1971 |
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Directors | James Goldstone |
Screenplay | Ernest Kinoy |
Composers | Quincy Jones |
Initial DVD release | January 7, 2003 |
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ID | 2597739 |
About Brother John
Visiting his Alabama hometown for his sister's funeral, an enigmatic black man, John Kane (Sidney Poitier), is appalled by the discrimination and hatred he witnesses. There is a strike going on at the same time as the funeral, and some in the community assume he is an outside agitator. In reality, Kane is a messenger from heaven sent to assess mankind's worthiness of redemption. Although dismayed by the atrocities he sees, Kane is not ready to give up on human beings just yet. … MORE
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... Bellowing warningsOrlando Burran, five, and his Brother John Henry, three, were lying dead before him; their father had been ill that morning and two others in the house were also sick...
Leeds Festival: 10 things we learned from Soft Play to Rina Sawayama
... " " All you ve got to do is be a tryer, " added identical twin Brother John...
Tony Bennett obituary: The great interpreter of the American songbook
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Tate Britain has rehung its art collection: What can we learn?
... Other notable historic female artists highlighted in the collection include Emily Sargent (who painted alongside her more famous Brother John Singer Sargent) and Annie Swynnerton...
The 'one-in-a-million' denied a glowing future
... Megan s Brother John used a phone tracking app to locate her iPhone to the spot where McCullam had thrown it...
Scot lands on home soil after Iraqi jail ordeal
... Mr Glendenning was unable to shave during the time in prison - with his Brother John saying there had only been a single communal shaver in the jail, where he had been kept in " vile" conditions...
Obituary: June Brown
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'Greatest picture' of Indian colonial defeat for sale
... It even shows a cart of ammunition exploding - a moment in the battle, Mr Dalrymple writes in an essay accompanying the auction - that was recorded by Bailie s younger Brother John: " Two ammunition tumbrils were hit and both blew up simultaneously, making large openings in both lines, on which their Cavalry made the first impression...